Month: February 2018

The Toyota Platinum Etios Limited Edition sports the new Phantom Brown colour scheme, while you also get the option of Pearl White from the standard version. There aren’t any cosmetic changes to the car, since it last received an update last year. The cabin is spruced up with the new dual-tone upholstery to meet the exterior colour, along with a new pattern for teh armrest. The big update though is the addition of a 6.8-inch touchscreen infotainment system that supports AUX, USB and Bluetooth connectivity, in addition to voice recognition and remote control. Unlike a lot of its competition though, the infotainment system does not get Android Auto or Apple CarPlay connectivity.

Users can now utilize a subset of Oracle PL/SQL instead of the traditional MariaDB syntax for stored routines. Users can also now make use of “Oracle-style” packages for stored functions to group together logically related stored functions, variables, cursors or subprograms, the company says.

Brett is the editor and founder of PerformanceDrive. He’s obsessed with driving, having played with Matchbox cars until he was tall enough to drive a real one. After initially working as a mechanic, Brett earned a degree in journalism and entered media as an editorial assistant at Top Gear Australia magazine. He then worked at CarAdvice.com.au. His dream is to live next door to the Nurburgring in Germany.

CarMax Inc. in a statement this week said: “CarMax has led the industry in recall transparency and shares vehicle specific recall information in-store and online. More details about CarMax’s commitment to recall transparency can be found on the CarMax website. The California Court of Appeal’s opinion supports the disclosure of open recalls when a dealer is aware of them, which is CarMax’s current practice. The opinion is not a final decision in the case.”

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Finally, the Leon Cristobol Concept , described as “the safest vehicle in the history” of SEAT, is on display at the Mobile World Congress, too, along with the Connected Experience 2.0. The latter is a simulator with a 360-degree view of the future digitization currently in development by SEAT.

My first session’s scrappier than a missionary’s bible, my flow hobbled by a skewed talent-to-ambition ratio and a 10-second stop/go penalty, which I curse myself for over the rest of the session, thinking I earned it speeding in the pitlane, only to find team-mate Graham earned it drifting wide and beyond track limits on the exit of the first corner, Copse, which is quick – the top of fourth gear – but never quite as quick as you wish it was. As Joe patiently explains though, it proves the key differentiator on my fastest laps, with every additional mph hoarded on exit an accumulating advantage all the way down to Maggotts.

Kingswood Capital Management, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Kingswood”), an operationally-focused lower-middle market private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of AutoAnything, Inc. (“AutoAnything” or the “Company”). Based in San Diego, California, AutoAnything is a leading online retailer of automotive performance parts and accessories. Prior to the acquisition, AutoAnything was a subsidiary of AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO), the largest retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories in the United States.

“Toyota will also reveal a modern racing concept which signals its commitment to bring the brand’s most iconic sports car back to the market,” says the company’s Geneva preview, not once using the S-word nor shedding any light on what we’ll actually see, besides showing us this concept will have a large spoiler. Excited?

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